The Obamas turn up in Paris this evening, but have declined a dinner invitation from the couple next door: the Sarkozys.

President Obamas reluctance to spend more than minimum time with the French leader on his visit for the D-Day anniversary has come as an embarrassment to the Elysée Palace.

Americas First Family will not be dining with President Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni, even though they are staying at the residence of the US Ambassador, yards from the Elysée apartments where the Sarkozys spend their weekends.

Mr Sarkozys staff were trying yesterday to arrange another private moment between the couples. Mr Obama is due to fly back to Washington tomorrow night or on Sunday.

Mr Sarkozys dream date would be dinner somewhere spectacular such as the Jules Verne, an Alain Ducasse restaurant on the Eiffel Tower. The Obamas were reported on French celebrity websites to be planning a meal there.

A glamorous joint outing might be compared with the ones that President de Gaulle undertook with John and Jackie Kennedy in 1961. On that trip, Mrs Kennedy was such a hit that JFK presented himself as the man who accompanied Jackie Kennedy to Paris.

Failure to socialise with the Obamas will add to mockery that has greeted Mr Sarkozys attempts to stage the 65th anniversary of D-Day as a Barack and Sarko show. The media and Opposition have mocked Mr Sarkozy over Mr Obamas coolness towards him, which is only partly due to his handling of the Normandy commemoration.

Mr Sarkozy has been pilloried in France for his failure to invite the Queen to the events. The palace is fearing a snub, Le Parisien newspaper said yesterday after the news emerged of the Obamas plans to keep themselves to themselves.

On the one hand I agree that the totus is a class a moron when it comes to protocol, but also remember sarkozy basically saying totus was a lightweigt in over his head aftertheir firs meeting? The totus presidency never forgets a slight...

“French worries about being snubbed were matched in Germany, where media and politicians are convinced that the brevity of Mr Obamas trip there and a decision to avoid Berlin demonstrated his disapproval of Angela Merkel, the Chancellor.”

“Mr Obamas irritation with his French counterpart began when Mr Sarkozy tried to grab the limelight at the G20 summit in London in April and talked condescendingly of the US President in private. Mr Sarkozy told colleagues that he found Mr Obama to be inexperienced and unbriefed, especially on climate change. Mr Obama hit back last month, telling a visiting French minister: Please tell Nicolas that I shall do my homework, and in two months Ill know all about climate change.”

Once again, 0bama is showing himself to a petulant brat of a man. Coupled with his ruinously expensive public spending projects, he truly is becoming our Emperor Nero.

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posted on 06/04/2009 10:11:34 PM PDT
by DemforBush
(Somebody wake me when sanity has returned to the nation.)

Isn’t that the truth. Seriously. Clinton all but destroyed respect for the Oval Office, and Obama has all but destroyed reverence for the U.S. Constitution.

At then end of Obama’s first term this will have been the most destructive twenty years in our nation’s history. It will have been facilitated from inside, by both parties. When it comes to Obama though, he has found a way to facilitate damage on a exponential scale.

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posted on 06/04/2009 10:58:49 PM PDT
by DoughtyOne
(Obama is mentally a child of ten. Just remember that when he makes statements and issues policy.)

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Thanks you bruinbirdman for the heads up. And thank you for your analysis.

Last time I checked, Normandy, and Omaha Beach are in France. Sarko is the President of France. To diss him in such a manner is a statement of the classless manner in which Obama runs his show.

And it is his show, with him as the focus, and him as the center.

That is why no dinner with the President and Madame Sarkozy... all eyes are always on Carla. She has become a beloved figure in France, and she certainly is gorgeous.

That is why no Queen Elizabeth at the D Day ceremonies. Wherever she goes, she steals the thunder. She is an iconic figure in France.

There is also a political component to all this. Sarko is a man of the Right who is trying to keep Islam at bay in his own country, and in the EU. Obama is a hard core leftist intent on bringing in the Socialism that Sarko is trying to get rid of in France. As we saw today, Obama is trying to bring Islam in.

The Jules Verne in the Eiffel Tower is one of the top tourist traps in Paris. Although the view is spectacular, and the food good, it is the sort of glitzy, inauthentic Parisian restaurant that rich yuppie Americans and rich Araba and Japanese frequent.

Obama does not like conservatives. They cause him to question his core beliefs . Rather than face the possibility that he has wasted his life following dead end ideas he fears and hates those people who threaten to shatter his imaginary little world. This is why he got rid of the bust of Churchill and labels conservatives as terrorists. Its because in his sick twisted mind we do cause him terror. This is also why Obama gave a short visit to the conservative Sarkozy.

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